Saturday 2 April 2022

Carlton Marsh

 An Osprey was reported heading north over Upper Cudworth around 3pm yesterday 1/4/22 by a local shooter (Per K. Bannister).

Today the drake Chiloe Wigeon was seen opposite Ralph Hibbert's seat in a channel in Common Reed. It was with a female Gadwall and both were very secretive. (Mick Littlewood/R. Laverack/CG).

Also present 3 singing Skylarks, Cetti's warbler, Grey Wagtail, 2 Dabchicks, Cormorant, Green Woodpecker, Kestrel and 2 Buzzards.

3 Small Tortoiseshells and a Speckled Wood butterfly were seen (C. Parkin).

Wood Anemone and Lesser Celandine are beginning to flower and the Western Meadow is full of flowering Cowslips right now.

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